Can I help? Veronica Vazquez does the paperwork for four new arrivals at the Miami-Dade County Animal Services shelter - all homeless puppies. One is eager to get the adoption process started immediately.

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Rafalca is so jealous: While her husband kisses babies, Ann Romney plants a wet one on Lord Ludger during ABC's "Good Morning America." Ludger and his rider, Rebecca Hart, recently won the USEF National Para-Equestrian Championship. Romney said her love of horses helped her overcome her fear that multiple sclerosis would put her in a wheelchair.

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The yoke's on her: In Mumbai, PETA activist Ingrid E. Newkirk protests the allegedly cruel treatment of horses used to pull heavy Victoria carriages. The silver-colored Victorias, modeled on open carriages used during Queen Victoria's reign, first appeared in Mumbai in British colonial times. Today they only ferry tourists.

You're in big trouble, Mister! How many times do I have to tell you? No berries before dinner! You know it ruins your appetite for my leaf stew. Why, I have a good mind to ... (A baby tapir gets chewed out at the Ramat Gan Safari near Tel Aviv.)

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Meerkats love the fall - the brisk weather, the bright colors but mainly the big piles of leaves. That's where the insects try to hide. (Hanover Zoo in Hanover, Germany.)

So what do you think of Schwarzenegger's new book? Wetini Mitai makes a Maori grimace at the 63rd Frankfurt Book Fair, which this year is honoring New Zealand.

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If you look inside, you can see the artist snickering: A journalist examines a work by artist Anish Kapoor consisting of a small black hole in a wall during a preview of his new exhibition at the Lisson Gallery in London.

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Kernel knowledge: A port worker takes samples of corn grain from the hold of the Dutch cargo ship Amice II before shipping at Granexport AD port, on the Danube River in Pancevo, Serbia.

The Taliban tries to assassinate a schoolgirl: In Karachi, supporters of Pakistan's Muttahida Qaumi Movement chant prayers for 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who was gunned down by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for girls. Doctors successfully removed a bullet from her neck, but she remained in critical condition.

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Fit to be tied: An activist from the Movement for Peace with Justice and Dignity protests his government's policies in Mexico City.

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Who likes short-shorts? Indian designer Rajdeep Ranawat apparently. Men's pants haven't been this high on the thigh since the '80s. (India Fashion Week in New Delhi.)

In Uzbekistan, competition between high-fashion models can be fierce: Close inspection reveals that her "bloody lip" is actually a string of red gems. (General Defile By Dom Stilya at the Youth Art Palace in Tashkent.)